QID 980258

QID 980258: Java (maven) Security Update for io.netty:netty-codec (GHSA-grg4-wf29-r9vv)

Security update has been released for io.netty:netty-codec to fix the vulnerability.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Bzip2 decompression decoder function doesn't allow setting size restrictions on the decompressed output data (which affects the allocation size used during decompression).


All users of Bzip2Decoder are affected. The malicious input can trigger an OOME and so a DoS attack

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to refer to GHSA-grg4-wf29-r9vv for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.Workaround:
    No workarounds other than not using the `Bzip2Decoder`
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 980258

    CVE-2021-37136 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-grg4-wf29-r9vv io.netty:netty-codec URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-grg4-wf29-r9vv
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